BBC Radio Solent was interested in how people with sight loss cope with getting out and about with the social distancing restrictions. Karen Wye let them tag along on one of her outings to give them some insight. You can listen to Karen and Moira Kopanycia-Reynolds on the Radio Solent Breakfast Show below.
Hear the Radio interview here:
We were delighted to be told just yesterday that our application to the Coronavirus Community Support Fund had been successful, and we’ve been awarded a grant to help fund the ongoing delivery of our mobile equipment service for the next 6 months. That’s a vitally important service, giving people direct access to specialist equipment and aids to daily living which help visually impaired people to maintain independent and active lives.
The fund is distributed by The National Lottery Community Fund on behalf of the Government, so a big thanks from us all to the Government for helping us to keep helping our members in this way.
Help us celebrate our 102nd Birthday! It’s a challenging year (minor understatement) and we’d like you to help us see it off in a positive way! A lot has changed in the last two years, we have opened three more charity shops to support our work, which is great. The shops aren’t able to generate the income we need yet though, so we really need your help since we can’t currently do our other normal community and events fundraising.
Other things have changed as well. Due to Covid, our community support workers provide most of their support by telephone or online and have learned how to safely visit members at home, where that is still necessary. We’ve gotten really good at setting up virtual befriending and support groups using group telephone and video calls! We’ve continued to take on the challenge of helping people with sight loss in spite of restrictions and we challenge you to join us.
Pick a fun challenge for yourself and get your friends and family to sponsor you. Set up a fundraising page, you can follow this link https://dorsetblind.org.uk/help-us/fundraising/challenge-events/ to the fundraising page on our website. Then, go for it! Raise £10 or £102 or more, it all helps!
Some ideas:
Make sure you keep us up to date with your ideas and fundraising achievements and tag Dorset Blind Association on social media.
Facebook – @Dorset Blind Association
Instagram – @dorset.blind
Twitter – @DorsetBlind
To follow our Birthday Challenge click here
